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Major Contributions
- A guide to phylogenetic metrics for conservation, community ecology and macroecology
- Adapt biodiversity targets to climate change
- An ecoregion-based approach to protecting half the terrestrial realm
- Armed conflicts and wildlife decline: challenges and recommendations for effective conservation policy in the Sahara-Sahel
- Assessment and prioritization of cultural ecosystem services in the Sahara-Sahelian region
- Conservation Biogeography of the Sahara-Sahel: additional protected areas are needed to secure unique biodiversity
- Coping with sea-level rise in African protected areas: priorities for action and adaptation measures
- Desert Biodiversity—World’s Hot Spots/Globally Outstanding Biodiverse Deserts
- Diversity, distribution and conservation of land mammals in Mauritania, North-West Africa
- Drivers of change and conservation needs for vertebrates in drylands: an assessment from global scale to Sahara-Sahel wetlands
- Life in Deserts: The genetic basis of mammalian desert adaptation
- Overlooked mountain rock pools in deserts are critical local hotspots of biodiversity
- Potential negative effects of the Green Wall on Sahel’s biodiversity
- Protect environment from armed conflicts
- Sanctioning to extinction in Iran
- Spatial conservation prioritization of biodiversity spanning the evolutionary continuum
- Unravelling biodiversity, evolution and threats to conservation in the Sahara-Sahel
Recent Publications
- First complete mitochondrial genome of the Saharan striped polecat (Ictonyx libycus) and its phylogenetic relationships within Mustelidae
- High level of daily heterothermy in desert gerbils
- Hunting and persecution drive mammal declines in Iran
- Molecular ecology meets systematic conservation planning
- Overlooked species diversity in the hyper-arid Sahara Desert unveiled by dryland-adapted lizards, Acanthodactylus scutellatus group
- Prioritizing livestock grazing right buyouts to safeguard Asiatic cheetahs from extinction
- The effect of spatial and temporal scale on camouflage in North African rodents
- The potential and shortcomings of mitochondrial DNA analysis for cheetah conservation management
- The situation of the Cheetah in Asia
Other Publications
2022
- A novel application of hierarchical modelling to decouple sampling artifacts from socio-ecological effects on poaching intensity
- Alternative highland adaptations: organ masses and fur insulation in Afroalpine rodents
- Assessing Asiatic cheetah’s individual diet using metabarcoding and its implication for conservation
- Citizen-science data shows long-term decline of snakes in southwestern Europe
- Desert lizard diversity worldwide: Effects of environment, time, and evolutionary rate
- DNA barcode reference library for the West Sahara-Sahel reptiles
- Energetic dissociation of individual and species ranges
- Global goals overlook freshwater conservation
- Hidden among the prickles: new records and updated distribution of Tmarus longicaudatus Millot, 1942 (Araneae: Thomisidae)
- MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL: A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in Portugal
- Range-wide genomic scans and tests for selection identify non-neutral spatial patterns of genetic variation in a non-model amphibian species (Pelobates cultripes)
- Resilience of reptiles to megafires
- Rodents of the Afar Triangle (Ethiopia): geographical isolation causes high level of endemism
- The effect of natural disturbances on forest biodiversity: an ecological synthesis
- The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery
2021
- Analysing how pre-fire habitat legacy and post-fire management influence the resilience of reptiles to fire
- Ants invading deserts: Non-native species in arid Moroccan oases
- Beyond the comfort zone: amphibian diversity and distribution in the West Sahara-Sahel using mtDNA and nuDNA barcoding and spatial modelling
- Conservation biogeography of the terrestrial mammals in Iran: diversity patterns, and vulnerability to climate change and extinction
- Conservation planning across realms: Enhancing connectivity for multi-realm species
- Convergent evolution of increased urine concentrating ability in desert mammals
- Deep genetic structure at a small spatial scale in the endangered land snail Xerocrassa montserratensis
- Distribution, ecology, and conservation of Philochortus zolii in Mauritania: implications for the long-term persistence of an endangered lizard
- Diversity patterns and evolutionary history of Arabian squamates
- Editorial: Special issue on Iran’s zoological diversity
- Environmental determinants of minimum body temperature in mammals
- Evaluating surrogates of genetic diversity for conservation planning
- Fire reduces parasite load in a Mediterranean lizard
- First record of Blue-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata in Mauritania
- Habitat use and population genetics of golden jackals in Iran: Insights from a generalist species in a highly heterogeneous landscape
- Iberian protected areas capture regional functional, phylogenetic and taxonomic diversity of most tetrapod groups
- Integrative taxonomy reveals two species and intraspecific differentiation in the Vipera latastei-monticola complex
- Phylogeographic diversification of the Mesalina olivieri species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) with the description of a new species and a new subspecies endemic from North West Africa
- Promoting connectivity between priority freshwater sites for conservation in intermittent hydrological systems
- Risks to conservation of species in the wild from promoting ex situ management: Response to Farhadinia et al. 2020
- Software for prioritizing conservation actions based on probabilistic information
- Species versus within‑species niches: a multi‑modelling approach to assess range size of a spring‑dwelling amphibian
- Systematics, biogeography and evolution of the Saharo-Arabian naked-toed geckos genus Tropiocolotes
- The demise of a wonder: Evolutionary history and conservation assessments of the Wonder gecko Teratoscincus keyserlingii (Gekkota, Sphaerodactylidae) in Arabia
- The impacts of climate change on mammals differ among functional groups at regional scale: the case of Iranian terrestrial mammals
- The role of Sahara highlands in the diversification and desert colonisation of the Bosc's fringe-toed lizard
2020
- Atlas des amphibiens et reptiles endémiques du Maroc: répartition et état de conservation
- Bird records in the Diawling National Park and surrounding areas, Mauritania
- Climatic refugia boosted allopatric diversification in western Mediterranean vipers
- Commensalism outweighs phylogeographical structure in its effect on phenotype of a Sudanian savanna rodent
- Demographic expansion of an African opportunistic carnivore during the Neolithic revolution
- Dinâmica de metapopulações em regiões áridas
- Diversification and gene flow of tilapia species driven by ecological changes in lowland and mountain areas of southern Mauritania
- Eco-geographical determinants of the evolution of ornamentation in vipers
- Effect of capture, phenotype, and physiological status on blood glucose and plasma corticosterone levels in free-ranging Dice snakes
- Energetic constraints on mammalian home range size
- Evaluating taxonomic inflation: towards evidence-based species delimitation in Eurasian vipers (Serpentes: Viperinae)
- From troubles to solutions: conservation of Mediterranean tortoises under climate change
- Long-term trace element assessment after a mine spill: Pollution persistence and bioaccumulation in the trophic web
- Mammals and birds from Oued Draa and Oued Chebeika, Morocco. A field survey report
- Mapping and analysing cultural ecosystem services in conflict areas
- Modelling functional response of reptiles to fire in two Mediterranean forest types
- Morphology and multilocus phylogeny of the Spiny-footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus erythrurus) complex reveal two new mountain species from the Moroccan Atlas
- New reptile hosts for helminth parasites in a Mediterranean Region
- Origin, extinction and ancient DNA of a new fossil insular viper: molecular clues of overseas immigration
- Patterns of Vespa velutina invasion in Portugal using crowdsourced data
- Positive effect of catastrophic winds on reptile community recovery in pine plantations
- Puncture versus capture: which stresses animals the most?
- Second Sahelian amphibian endemism suggested by phylogeography of Groove-crowned Bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus occipitalis) in western Sahel, and hints of polyploid species formation
2019
- A missing piece of the Papio puzzle: Gorongosa baboon phenostructure and intrageneric relationships
- A mitochondrial phylogeny of the sand cat (Felis margarita Loche, 1858)
- A new methodological approach to identify flagship species and fleets with mapping flagship hotspots for conservation and ecotourism
- Allopatric diversification and evolutionary melting pot in a North African Palearctic relict: The biogeographic history of Salamandra algira
- An integrative assessment of the diversity, phylogeny, distribution, and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles (Sauropsida, Squamata) of the United Arab Emirates
- An integrative study of island diversification: Insights from the endemic Haemodracon geckos of the Socotra Archipelago
- Are reptile responses to fire shaped by forest type and vegetation structure? Insights from the Mediterranean basin
- Assessing the resistance of a breeding amphibian community to a large wildfire
- Challenges for assessing vertebrate diversity in turbid Saharan water-bodies using environmental DNA
- Conserving European biodiversity across realms
- Desert Biogeography: Sahara-Sahel biodiversity patterns
- Desert Conservation and Management: Ecotourism
- Distribution of three Vipera species in the Republic of Serbia
- Genes on the edge: a framework to detect genetic diversity imperiled by climate change
- Increase of genetic diversity indicates ecological opportunities in recurrent-fire landscapes for wall lizards
- Intra-specific genetic diversity and distribution of North African hedgehogs (Mammalia: Erinaceidae)
- Low genetic diversity in the vulnerable Goitred Gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa (Cetartiodactyla: Bovidae), in Iran: potential genetic consequence of recent population declines
- Network- and distance-based methods in bioregionalisation processes at regional scale: an application to the terrestrial mammals of Iran
- New records for the reptile fauna of the Tichka plateau (western High Atlas, Morocco)
- Phylin 2.0: Extending the phylogeographic interpolation method to include uncertainty and user‐defined distance metrics
- Population density of the spur-thighed tortoise Testudo graeca declines after fire in north-western Africa
- Range contraction of the Asiatic cheetah during last century is related to prey availability and climate change
- Record size for the Nose-horned Viper, Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758), from Serbia
- Remote Sensing indicators and vertebrate biodiversity distribution in global drylands: An assessment with ESA Diversity II products
- The evolutionary history of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis sensu lato): insights for systematics and biogeography
- The Natural History of Model Organisms: Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies
- The role of fire on wolf distribution and breeding-site selection: Insights from a generalist carnivore occurring in a fire-prone landscape
- The species diversity, distribution, and conservation status of the terrestrial mammals of Iran
- Using ecological models to explore niche partitioning within a guild of desert felids
2018
- Assessing the role of aridity-induced vicariance and ecological divergence in species diversification in North-West Africa using Agama lizards
- Birds in northern Mauritania, including range extensions and breeding evidence
- Chasing the phantom: biogeography and conservation of Vipera latastei-monticola in the Maghreb (North Africa)
- Disrupted dispersal and its genetic consequences: comparing protected and threatened baboon populations (Papio papio) in West Africa
- Diversity, distribution and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles of Oman (Sauropsida, Squamata)
- Effect of landscape features on genetic structure of the goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) in Central Iran
- Evaluating snake charming in Morocco
- Gorongosa by the sea: First Miocene fossil sites from the Urema Rift, central Mozambique, and their coastal paleoenvironmental and paleoecological contexts
- Habitat structure and host plant specialization drive taxonomic and functional composition of Heteroptera in postfire successional habitats
- Integrating genetic and ecological data for clarifying taxonomy and identifying ecotypes and evolutionary significant units in endangered North African Gazelles
- Living on the edge: ecological and genetic connectivity of the Spiny-footed lizard, Acanthodactylus aureus, confirms the Atlantic Sahara desert as biogeographic corridor and centre of lineage diversification
- Long–interval monitoring reveals opposing responses of Mediterranean versus Atlantic reptile species in a biogeographic transition zone
- Mapping underrepresented land cover heterogeneity in arid regions: the Sahara-Sahel example
- Preliminary assessment of genetic diversity and population connectivity of the Mugger Crocodile in Iran
- Quercus suber forest and Pinus plantations show different post-fire resilience in Mediterranean north-western Africa
- Realized niche modelling uncovers contrasting responses to fire according to species-specific biogeographical affinities of amphibian and reptile species
- Status of Asiatic cheetahs in their last refuge – Iran
- Stratégie et plan action pour la conservation de la gazelle de Cuvier en Afrique du Nord
- The effect of rainfall on population dynamics in Sahara-Sahel rodents
- The role of climatic cycles and trans-Saharan migration corridors in species diversification: biogeography of Psammophis schokari group in North Africa
- The role of fire history, land-use, and vegetation structure on the response of Mediterranean lizards to fire
- Using multivariate statistics to assess ecotourism potential of water-bodies: a case-study in Mauritania
- Zamenis scalaris prefers abandoned citrus orchards in Eastern Spain. Ecological insights from a radio-tracking survey
2017
- Aposematism and crypsis are not enough to explain dorsal polymorphism in the Iberian adder
- Atlas of the distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the Diawling National Park, Mauritania
- Ayudan a la herpetofauna que cae en los aljibes de Marruecos
- Barriers for conservation: mitigating the impact on amphibians and reptiles by water cisterns in arid environments
- Ecological significance of dorsal polymorphism in a Batesian mimic snake
- Integrative phylogeographic and ecological analyses reveal multiple Pleistocene refugia for Mediterranean Daboia vipers in North-West Africa
- Los encantadores de serpientes y su impacto sobre los ofidios en Marruecos
- Morphological differentiation of the complex Pristurus sokotranus (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Socotra (Yemen)
- Primate Conservation Genetics
- Repeated evolution of camouflage in speciose desert rodents
- Seasonal variation in vertebrate traffic casualties and its implications for mitigation measures
- Sharing refuges on arid islands: ecological and social influence on aggregation behaviour of wall geckos
- Socioeconomic factors drive fire-regime variability in the Mediterranean Basin
- Stable isotopes and diet uncover trophic-niche divergence and ecological diversification processes of endemic reptiles on Socotra Island
- Stable isotopes uncover trophic ecology of the West African crocodile (Crocodylus suchus)
- Systematic revision of Acanthodactylus busacki (Squamata: Lacertidae) with a description of a new species from Morocco
- Systematics, biogeography and evolution of Asaccus gallagheri (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) with the description of a new endemic species from Oman
- The complete mitochondrial genome of Pristurus rupestris rupestris
- The current status of Asiatic cheetah in Iran
- The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project
- Uncovering environmental, land-use and fire effects on the distribution of a low-dispersal species, the Hermann’s tortoise Testudo hermanni
- Uncovering the rules of (reptile) species coexistence in transition zones between bioregions
2016
- Assessing climate change vulnerability for the Iberian viper Vipera seoanei
- Biogeography and conservation of mammals from the West Sahara-Sahel: an application of ecological niche-based models and GIS
- Cichlids of the Banc d'Arguin National Park, Mauritania - Insight into the diversity of the Copotodon genus
- Colour polymorphism in Salamandra salamandra (Amphibia: Urodela), revealed by a lack of genetic and environmental differentiation between distinct phenotypes
- Comparison of approaches to combine Species Distribution Models based on different sets of predictors
- Contemporary niche contraction affects climate change predictions for elephants and giraffes
- Contrasts in short- and long-term responses of Mediterranean reptile species to fire and habitat structure
- Development of 23 microsatellite loci for Boulenger’s agama (Agama boulengeri) with partial cross-amplification in other Agama species
- Diversity of mammals in the Lower Drâa valley. A preliminary survey
- Does ecophysiology mediate reptile responses to fire regimes?
- Europe must block hornet invasion
- Female reproduction in Thamnophis scaliger: the significance of parturition timing
- Genetic consequences of human forest exploitation in two colobus monkeys in Guinea Bissau
- Genetic distinctiveness of the damselfly Coenagrion puella in North Africa: an overlooked and endangered taxon
- Microneura is a junior synonym of Protoneura (Zygoptera, Coenagrionidae)
- Morphological analysis of Brandt’s hedgehog (Paraechinus hypomelas) reflects the isolation history of Persian Gulf islands and has implications for taxonomy
- Onychogomphus boudoti
- Parthenogenesis through the ice ages: A biogeographic analysis of Caucasian rock lizards (genus Darevskia)
- Pleistocene diversification in Morocco and recent demographic expansion in the Mediterranean pond turtle Mauremys leprosa
- Rediscovery and redescription of Coenagrion persicum (Lohmann 1993) with description of the female, and some notes on habitat selection (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
- Responses of reptiles to fire in transition zones are mediated by bioregion affinity of species
- Spatial climate dynamics in the Iberian Peninsula since 15 000 Yr BP
- Systematic site selection for multispecies monitoring networks
- The sex specific genetic variation of energetics in bank voles, consequences of introgression?
- Uncovering the environmental factors that influence diversity patterns of Mediterranean terrestrial Gastropod communities: a useful tool for conservation
- Unexpectedly high levels of cryptic diversity uncovered by a complete DNA Barcoding of reptiles of the Socotra Archipelago
- Update of distribution, habitats, population size, and threat factors for the West African Crocodile in Mauritania
2015
- A combination of divergence and conservatism in the niche evolution of the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae)
- Another record of Lytorhynchus diadema (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) from Moroccan Atlantic Sahara
- Applying species distribution modelling to the conservation of an ecologically plastic species (Papio papio) across biogeographic regions in West Africa
- Assessing the heritability of dorsal pattern shape in Vipera latastei
- Assessment of census (N) and effective population size (Ne) reveals consistency of Ne single-sample estimators and a high Ne/N ratio in an urban and isolated population of fire salamanders
- Atlas of the amphibians and reptiles of northern Morocco: updated distribution and patterns of habitat selection
- Conclusiones y propuesta de gestión de las poblaciones y especies de anfibios y reptiles alóctonos en España
- Conifer-plantation thinning restores reptile biodiversity in Mediterranean landscapes
- Conserving desert biodiversity through ecotourism
- Desert-adapted species are vulnerable to climate change: insights from the warmest region on Earth
- Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci for spiny-footed lizards, Acanthodactylus scutellatus group (Reptilia, Lacertidae) from arid regions
- Differentiation of North African foxes and population genetic dynamics in the desert - insights into the evolutionary history of two sister taxa, Vulpes rueppellii and V. vulpes
- Distribution and conservation status of Emys orbicularis in Morocco
- Diversité et conservation de la faune batrachologique du Bassin Versant d’Oued Laou (Rif, nord-ouest du Maroc)
- El galápago europeo (Emys orbicularis) en la península ibérica e islas Baleares
- El galápago leproso (Mauremys leprosa) en la península ibérica e islas Baleares
- Factors influencing schoolchildren’s responses to a questionnaire in wildlife conservation education
- First confirmed record of the Corsac Fox, Vulpes corsac, from Iran and considerations on its status (Mammalia: Canidae)
- Genetic identification of endangered North African ungulates using noninvasive sampling
- Genome-wide evidence reveals that African and Eurasian Golden Jackals are distinct species
- Historical biogeography of the lacertid lizard Mesalina in North Africa and the Middle East
- Hypolestes hatuey sp. nov.: a new species of the enigmatic genus Hypolestes (Odonata, Hypolestidae) from Hispaniola
- Impact of landscape on spatial genetic structure and diversity of Coenagrion mercuriale (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) in northern France
- La culebra viperina (Natrix maura) en las islas Baleares
- La lagartija colilarga (Psammodromus algirus) en Mallorca
- Local extinctions and range contraction of the endangered Coenagrion mercuriale in North Africa
- Molecular screening of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) infections in Python sebae from West Africa using 18S rRNA gene sequences
- Not the time or the place: the missing spatio-temporal link in publicly available genetic data
- Out of Africa: did Emys orbicularis occidentalis cross the Strait of Gibraltar twice?
- PHYLIN: an R package for phylogeographic interpolation
- Propuesta de revisión de los listados y catálogos nacionales y autonómicos de especies amenazadas o protegidas, y del Catálogo Nacional de Especies Invasoras
- Síntesis de las introducciones de anfibios y reptiles en España
- Species on the rocks: systematics and biogeography of the rock-dwelling Ptyodactylus geckos (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in North Africa and Arabia
- Trapped by climate: interglacial refuge and recent population expansion in the endemic Iberian adder Vipera seoanei
- Vegetation productivity in drylands from MERIS fAPAR time series
- Winter breeding of the Lesser Egyptian Jerboa Jaculus jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Southern Morocco
2014
- A Critically Endangered new dragonfly species from Morocco: Onychogomphus boudoti sp. nov. (Odonata: Gomphidae)
- Assessing the impact of hunting pressure on population structure of Guinea baboons (Papio papio) in Guinea-Bissau
- Assessing the impact of reforestation on the diversity of Mediterranean terrestrial Gastropoda
- Atlas of the distribution of reptiles in the Parc National du Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania
- Biogeographical analysis of the Atlantic Sahara reptiles: Environmental correlates of species distribution and vulnerability to climate change
- Book Review: Guía de Reptiles de España. Canseco Editores, Toledo, Spain. 462 pp. ISBN 9788493619169
- Designing optimized multi-species monitoring networks to detect range shifts driven by climate change: a case study with bats in the North of Portugal
- Ecological and evolutionary drivers of range size in Coenagrion damselflies
- Effect of prey availability on growth-rate trajectories of an aquatic predator, the viperine snake Natrix maura
- Geographical surrogates of genetic variation for selecting island populations for conservation
- Hybridization at an ecotone: ecological and genetic barriers between three Iberian vipers
- Increased radiation from Chernobyl decreases the expression of red colouration in natural populations of bank voles (Myodes glareolus)
- Intraspecific variation in clutch size and maternal investment in pueriparous and larviparous Salamandra salamandra females
- Is response to fire influenced by dietary specialization and mobility? A comparative study with multiple animal assemblages
- Large spatial scale of the phenotype-environment color matching in two cryptic species of African desert Jerboas (Dipodidae: Jaculus)
- Los Odonatos ibéricos en la colección de Entomología del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC)
- Manipulating genetic architecture to reveal fitness relationships
- Molecular and ecological signs of mitochondrial adaptation: consequences for introgression?
- Molecular assessment of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) infections in canids and rodents from North Africa, with implications to transmission dynamics across distinct taxonomic groups
- Molecular phylogeny of the Western Palaearctic Cordulegaster taxa (Odonata: Anisoptera: Cordulegastridae)
- New EPIC nuclear DNA sequence markers to improve the resolution of phylogeographic studies of Coenagrionids and other odonates
- New record of Salamandra algira isolated on the north-western Tingitana peninsula, with some notes on the reproductive modes within the species
- Nouvelles données sur les Odonates dans le Grand Sud marocain, avec Ischnura saharensis, Anax parthenope, Crocothemis erythraea et Trithemis annulata nouveaux pour le Sahara Atlantique (Odonata : Coenagrionidae, Aeshnidae, Libellulidae)
- Ocho años de resultados generales en el SARE-reptiles
- On personality, energy metabolism and mtDNA introgression in bank voles
- Patterns of genetic diversity in Hepatozoon spp. infecting snakes from North Africa and the Mediterranean Basin
- Phylogeographic and environmental correlates support the cryptic function of the zigzag pattern in a European viper
- Predation on Trachylepis socotrana by Lanius meridionalis
- Predicting species distribution at range margins: testing the effects of study area extent, resolution and threshold selection in the Sahara–Sahel transition zone
- Should I stay or should I go? Dispersal and population structure in small, isolated desert populations of West African crocodiles
- Splitting or lumping? A conservation dilemma exemplified by the Critically Endangered Dama gazelle (Nanger dama)
- The influence of geological history on diversification in insular species: genetic and morphological patterns of Micromeria Benth. (Lamiaceae) in Tenerife (Canary archipelago)
- The influence of social systems on patterns of mitochondrial DNA variation in Baboons
- Updated distribution and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Europe
- Vipera latastei Boscá 1878 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae): request for conserving the original spelling
- Water cisterns as death traps for amphibians and reptiles in arid environments
- Where are you from, stranger? The enigmatic biogeography of North African pond turtles (Emys orbicularis)
2013
- Amphibian conservation in Mauritania
- An apparent case of bilateral gynandromorphy in the femoral pores of the Caucasian rock lizard Darevskia raddei
- Book review: Mebert, Konrad (Ed.) (2011): The Dice Snake, Natrix tessellata: Biology, Distribution and Conservation of a Palaearctic Species [Mertensiella 18, Supplement of Salamandra]
- Climate change is predicted to negatively influence Moroccan endemic reptile richness. Implications for conservation in protected areas
- Cross-amplification of microsatellite loci for the Mediterranean stripe-necked terrapin (Mauremys leprosa)
- Data on the distribution of herpetofauna of southern Niger with comments on Termit & Tin Toumma National Nature Reserve
- DNA identification of primate bushmeat from urban markets in Guinea-Bissau and its implications for conservation
- Ingesta de tres especies de herpetos (Bufo calamita, Anguis fragilis, Vipera seoanei ) por un ejemplar de águila culebrera (Circaetus gallicus) abatido en un parque eólico
- Integrating classical and spatial multivariate analyses for assessing morphological variability in the endemic Iberian viper Vipera seoanei
- Nuclear and mitochondrial markers reveal the existence of several geographically concordant lineages within a Sahelian gecko species, Ptyodactylus ragazzii
- On the western fringe of baboon distribution: mitochondrial D-loop diversity of Guinea Baboons (Papio papio Desmarest, 1820) (Primates: Cercopithecidae) in Coastal Guinea-Bissau, western Africa
- Quantitative genetics and fitness effects of basal metabolism
- Recovery of the Bird Community after a Mine Spill and Landscape Restoration of a Mediterranean River
- Review of the distribution and conservation status of the terrestrial reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands
- Revisiting tree-migration rates: Abies alba (Mill.), a case study
- Schoolchildren and One of the Most Unpopular Animals: Are They Ready to Protect Snakes?
- Tail-breakage effects on snake-body condition
- Taxonomic and functional response of a Mediterranean reptile assemblage to a repeated fire regime
- The Sudano-Sahelian Dalton's Mouse, Praomys daltoni, in Mauritania, Eastern Assaba mountains
- Towards better management of European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) in conservation programs
- Tracking climate change in a dispersal-limited species: reduced spatial and genetic connectivity in a montane salamander
- Venomous snakes in Morocco: biogeography and envenomation
2012
- Amphibian-killing fungus spreads across New World populations
- Amphibian-killing fungus spreads across New World populations
- Are protected areas truly protected? The impact of road traffic on vertebrate fauna
- Carcasses of an invasive mammal (Rattus rattus) and foraging activity of Podarcis hispanica in an insular population
- Complex phylogeography in the Southern Smooth Snake (Coronella girondica) supported by mtDNA sequences
- Conquering the Sahara and Arabian deserts: systematics and biogeography of Stenodactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)
- Contrasting responses of two xerophilous land snails to fire and natural reforestation
- Cryptic diversity within the Moroccan endemic day geckos Quedenfeldtia (Squamata: Gekkonidae): a multidisciplinary approach using genetic, morphological and ecological data
- Deep evolutionary lineages in a Western Mediterranean snake (Vipera latastei/monticola group) and high genetic structuring in Southern Iberian populations
- Distribution, suitable areas and conservation status of the Boulenger’s agama (Agama boulengeri, Lataste 1886)
- Distribution, suitable areas and conservation status of the Felou gundi (Felovia vae Lataste 1886)
- Ecological niche models in mediterranean herpetology: past, present and future
- Genetic drift and rapid evolution of viviparity in insular fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra)
- High temperatures constrain microhabitat selection and activity patterns of the insular Cape Verde wall gecko
- Identifying priority areas for island endemics using genetic versus specific diversity – The case of terrestrial reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands
- Isolation in habitat refugia promotes rapid diversification in a montane tropical salamander
- Lessons from a complex biogeographical scenario: morphological characters match mitochondrial lineages within Iberian Coronella austriaca (Reptilia: Colubridae)
- Morphology matches mtDNA lineages in the southern smooth snake (Coronella girondica) from Iberia
- Normalized difference water indexes have dissimilar performances in detecting seasonal and permanent water in the Sahara–Sahel transition zone
- Phylogeny of North African Agama lizards (Reptilia: Agamidae) and the role of the Sahara desert in vertebrate speciation
- Phylogeography of two cryptic species of African desert jerboas (Dipodidae: Jaculus)
- Postglacial colonization of Europe by the barbastelle bat: agreement between molecular data and past predictive modelling
- Primera cita de depredación de Coronella austriaca sobre Vipera seoanei
- Quantification of road-mortality for amphibians and reptiles in “Hoces del Alto Ebro y Rudrón” Natural Park in 2005
- Salamandra salamandra gallaica & Salamandra salmandra europaea (Fire salamander). Agonistic behavior
- Simapse – simulation maps for ecological niche modelling
- Status of Nile crocodiles in the lower Senegal River basin
- The origin of two cryptic species of African desert jerboas (Dipodidae: Jaculus)
- The role of seed dispersal, pollination and historical effects on genetic patterns of an insular plant that has lost its only seed disperser
- The significance of using satellite imagery data only in Ecological Niche Modelling of Iberian herps
- Un nuevo caso de melanismo en Vipera latastei
2011
- Adding Acanthodactylus beershebensis to the mtDNA phylogeny of the Acanthodactylus pardalis group
- Biogeography and conservation of viperids from North-West Africa: An application of ecological niche-based models and GIS
- Biometry and pholidosis of Thamnophis scaliger: an atypical example of sexual dimorphism in a natricine snake
- Climate change and peripheral populations: predictions for a relict Mediterranean viper
- Conservation planning under climate change: Toward accounting for uncertainty in predicted species distributions to increase confidence in conservation investments in space and time
- Crocodiles in the Sahara desert: an update of distribution, habitats and population status for conservation planning in Mauritania
- Diet and energetic constraints of an earthworm specialist, the Mesa Central Blotched Garter Snake (Thamnophis scaliger)
- Ecological–economic optimization of biodiversity conservation under climate change
- Incorporating evolutionary processes into conservation planning using species distribution data: a case study with the western Mediterranean herpetofauna
- Introgression of mitochondrial DNA among Myodes voles: consequences for energetics?
- New observations of amphibians and reptiles in Morocco, with a special emphasis on the eastern region
- Overview of Odonata known from Mauritania (West Africa)
- Predation by invasive mammals on an insular viviparous population of Salamandra salamandra
- Puesta de huevos infecundos en Salamandra salamandra
- Turtle carapace anomalies: the roles of genetic diversity and environment
Previous Publications
- Bat guild structure and habitat use in the Sahara desert
- Bat guild structure and habitat use in the Sahara desert
- Biogeographical patterns derived from remote sensing variables: the amphibians and reptiles of the Iberian Peninsula
- Biogeography and conservation of taxa from remote regions: An application of ecological-niche based models and GIS to North-African canids
- Crocodilos no Saara: os últimos sobreviventes ao deserto
- Data on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles from North and West Africa, with emphasis on Acanthodactylus lizards and the Sahara Desert
- Data on the distribution of mammals from Mauritania, West Africa
- Data on the distribution of the terrestrial herpetofauna of Morocco: Records from 2001-2006
- Distribución de Vipera latastei en el Rif y otras citas herpetológicas para el norte de Marruecos
- En los límites de su distribución: anfibios y reptiles paleárticos en el noroeste de Túnez
- Ensemble models of habitat suitability relate chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) conservation to forest and landscape dynamics in Western Africa
- First report of introduced African Rainbow Lizard Agama agama (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Cape Verde Islands
- From climate change predictions to actions – conserving vulnerable animal groups in hotspots at a regional scale
- Genetic variation among spiny-footed lizards in the Acanthodactylus pardalis group from North Africa
- Genetic variation within African spiny-tailed lizards (Agamidae: Uromastyx) estimated using mitochondrial DNA sequences
- Inferring evolutionary scenarios with geostatistics and geographical information systems for the viperid snakes Vipera latastei and Vipera monticola
- Mauritânia: o último reduto para a biodiversidade do Sahara
- Modelling the partially unknown distribution of wall lizards (Podarcis) in North Africa: ecological affinities, potential areas of occurrence, and methodological constraints
- Observations of amphibians and reptiles from North and West Africa – Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal
- Phylogeography and genetic diversity of Psammophis schokari (Serpentes) in North Africa based on mitochondrial DNA sequences
- Phylogeography of North African Amietophrynus xeros Estimated from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences
- Phylogeography of the African common toad, Amietophrynus regularis, based on mitochondrial DNA sequences : inferences regarding the Cape Verde population and biogeographical patterns
- Presencia de la víbora hocicuda Vipera latastei en el Atlas Medio (Marruecos) y otras citas herpetológicas para la región
- Relationships of Podarcis wall lizards from Algeria based on mtDNA data
- Setting conservation priorities for the Moroccan herpetofauna: the utility of regional red lists
- Simulating the effects of using different types of species distribution data in reserve selection
- Skin ulcers in Bufo xeros from the Central Sahara
- Systematic and phylogeographical assessment of the Acanthodactylus erythrurus group (Reptilia: Lacertidae) based on phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA